5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Blitar, Felt in Bali

November 24, 2025
6:21 AM

Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia
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Earthquake
with a magnitude of 5.2 rocked Blitar, East Java, Monday morning (24/11) at around 03.40.Shocks were also felt in the area of Kuta, Bali.
The results of analysis by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) show that the epicenter of the earthquake was at coordinates 9.21° South Latitude;111.85° East Longitude, or precisely located in the sea at a distance of 126 km southwest of Blitar City, East Java at a depth of 10 km.
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“On Monday 24 November 2025 at 03.40.22 WIB the South Indian Ocean region of Java, Blitar, East Java was shaken by a tectonic earthquake,” said BMKG Earthquake and Tsunami Director Daryono, in his statement, Monday (24/11).
Daryono explained that referring to the location of the epicenter and the depth of the hypocenter, the earthquake that occurred was a type of shallow earthquake caused by active underwater fault activity.The results of the source mechanism analysis show that the earthquake has a strike-slip movement mechanism.
This earthquake had an impact and was felt in the Kuta, Bali area with an intensity scale of II-III MMI (the vibrations were felt clearly in the house. The vibrations were felt as if a truck was passing), the Karangkates, Nganjuk, Blitar, Tulungagung and Bantul areas with an intensity scale of II MMI (the vibrations were felt by several people, light objects hanging swaying).
“The modeling results show that this earthquake does not have the potential for a tsunami,” explained Daryono.
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